Solving Kids' Cancer UK Parent Conference
We will be hosting the next Solving Kids' Cancer UK Parent Conference as a hybrid event. This special event is scheduled to take place in the UK over the weekend of 8th and 9th March 2025. As a hybrid event, we're excited to be able to welcome families back to attending in person whilst continuing to keep the event accessible to all families virtually.
Designed specifically for parents and carers, with a patient focus, the event will feature presentations on the latest developments in neuroblastoma research and treatment by a number of international experts.
We will be sharing more details in the coming months, so please stay tuned for further updates. Please also note that this means that there will be no symposium taking place in 2024.
About the event
Our parent conferences are free to attend, bringing families together with the research and healthcare communities to learn about the latest in neuroblastoma research, and to share their experiences. Through insightful talks and discussions, as well as the opportunity to put questions to the experts, our conferences aim to inform families and empower their discussion making. As a charity immersed in neuroblastoma-specific scientific and healthcare networks, we work carefully to curate a tailored agenda to make the event as valuable as possible to the parent community.
The very first event was held in 2012 and we ran in-person conferences each year until the pandemic took hold. When it did, with the support of GRC World Forums and joined by Solving Kids' Cancer US and CNCF, the charity was fortunately able to host the event as a virtual adaptation which we continued to do for the following three years. The event reached over 700 in it's first year, and 1450 over four years, welcoming attendees from over 50 countries around the world to hear from over 60 expert speakers.
Bringing together families across the globe
with those who work to treat, help, and support them
1,450
Our total audience over 4 years
50
Countries across the globe tuned in
60
Neuroblastoma expert speakers took part
“THANK YOU! This event means so much to us parents whose children are sick. This symposium is a small way we can feel like we are doing the best job we can in getting the best care for our children.”
NPGS 2022 attendee
Video library
With four successful symposiums completed between 2020 and 2023, we are proud to present an expansive library of educational content for parents, families, researchers and healthcare professionals.
This library covers a broad range of topics within neuroblastoma, including the basics of the disease and current approaches to treatment, cutting-edge areas of research, and psychosocial support.
Content from 2020-2022
Neuroblastoma basics
Treatment and research
- Neuroblastoma research: A global perspective
- The challenge of curing high risk neuroblastoma
- Anti GD2 antibody therapy - an important approach in the treatment of neuroblastoma
- CAR-T cell therapies - Where are we now (edited for unpublished data)
- Advances in immunotherapy
- The role of high dose chemotherapy in neuroblastoma
- If treatment doesn't go to plan
- Progress in neuroblastoma clinical trials where we’ve come from & where we’re going
- Current research directions, polyamine inhibition projects, CBL0137, BCT 100 and new discoveries
- Current Research personalised medicine and Zero Childhood Cancer project including PRISM
- Cell therapies in neuroblastoma: Panel session
- Molecular radiotherapy for neuroblastoma
- Targeting ALK - From discovery to frontline treatment
- COG/SIOPEN frontline studies
- MiNivAn: MIBG and antibody combination therapy
- Developing new treatment approaches to HR neuroblastoma
- Naxitamab (hu3F8) studies
- Neuroblastoma drug development strategy (NDDS): New therapeutic targets & strategies
- SIOPEN/ITCC relapse strategy & trials
- COG/NANT relapse strategy and trials
- General Q&A panel session
- ANZCHOG treatment and trials update
Care and support
Post-treatment
Maintenance therapies
Spoonie Kids
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A resource to help professionals and parents to work with the child to understand how they can manage their fatigue.
Are you interested in supporting the event?
This impactful event is also made possible thanks to continued industry support. If you are interested in supporting our 2025 event, please get in touch with our Head of Fundraising and Engagement, Danielle Russell, at danielle.russell@solvingkidscancer.org.uk.
Thank you to our 2023 supporters
